Pink Floyd - Southampton Dock lyrics

They disembarked in 45<br>And no one spoke and no one smiled<br>There were too many spaces in the line<br>Gathered at the cenotaph<br>All agreed with hand on heart<br>To sheath the sacrificial knifes<br>But now<br>She stands upon southampton dock<br>With her handkerchief<br>And her summer frock clings<br>To her wet body in the rain<br>In quiet desperation knuckles<br>White upon the slippery reins<br>She bravely waves the boys goodbye again<br>And still the dark stain spreads between<br>His shoulder blades<br>A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves<br>And when the fight was over<br>We spent what they had made<br>But in the bottom of our hearts<br>We felt the final cut